“Both males are due to attend Leeds Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing on November 25 with a potential trial due to take place at the end of February or March.”

Mr Swift said that on the afternoon of August 23 pathologist Kirsten Hope had carried out a post-mortem examination which revealed Mr Annadale had suffered four stab wounds, three to the chest and one to the thigh.

He said: “Unfortunately one of the stab wounds had penetrated right to the heart and death was due to severe blood loss.”

Sean Annandale

Mr Swift said Dr Carl Gray conducted a further post-mortem on behalf of the defendants and had come to similar conclusions.

The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.

West Yorkshire coroner Martin Fleming offered his condolences to the three female members of Mr Annandale’s family who attended the inquest.

“It’s a desperately sad case,” he said. “Can I give to you my sincerest personal sympathies and please pass them on to any of the close family members who are suffering from this devastating loss.”

A boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with murder. Shervin Solanti, 23, from Hawthorne Way, Shelley, has been charged with assisting an offender.